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IATA Code: -
ICAO Code: -
Known As: NEAL
Full Name: New England Airways Ltd
Country: Australia
Callsign: Unknown
History:
Headquartered in Lismore, the first New England Airways (NEA) was
formed in 1931 by George A Robinson with Sydney solicitor Arthur Allen
as chair.
In August 1931 NEAL began a bi-weekly Lismore-Archerfield (Brisbane)
service, later extended to a Lismore-Mascot (Sydney) service, thus
creating a Brisbane- Sydney service. The popularity of the service was
such that NEA purchased a tri-motor Avro 10 and extended the service to
a daily one.
On 18 September 1932 an NEAL Puss Moth flying from Sydney to Brisbane
crashed near Byron Bay. Among those killed was the pioneer Australian
aviator Leslie Holden
The industry was also very unstable in financial terms, with companies
emerging, closing or merging all the time. G A Robinson took advantage
of this, acquiring other airline assets including those of Murray
Valley Aviation as well as Australian National Airlines' (the airline
founded by Kingsford Smith) Mascot hangar and workshop and one of its
planes.
With broadening horizons and national ambitions, New England Airways
was renamed Airlines of Australia in 1935.
Then, in 1942 the second ANA formed by the Holyman family in 1937
acquired Airlines of Australia, giving ANA a dominant position in
Australian civil aviation.
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Information Source:
Logo: http://www.ozaviation.com
History: http://newenglandaustralia.blogspot.com/
2006/09/new-england-australia-aviation.html
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